Thursday, November 16, 2017

Welcome to my "e-store" page where I'll conveniently list where to buy all your BMW E46 cooling parts. Some enjoy the no-hassle Amazon prime service and I personally use Amazon. Your using these links is greatly appreciated and earns me a few cents for every dollar you spend and doesn't affect you at all. It helps me run this site, pay hosting fees, and keep on helping you. Appreciated!

For best results, open in a new page, add to cart as necessary, and return here for the remaining part links. Items for automatic transmission models are highlighted in RED.

All items are OE/OEM at time of posting unless otherwise noted. Confirm before buying. Make sure you buy all 17 parts -- or 23 if you have an automatic ;) The weakest link in the chain will bring your entire car down. So do it all.

Saturday, November 4, 2017

The moment the iPhone X pre-order went live, I pulled the trigger - 12:00AM sharp. No regrets since. Literally minutes after I ordered mine, all websites around the globe were sold out. Apple and all the major carriers.

If you're reading this review wondering on whether or not the new iPhone X is worth it - I'll save you the time. It is. Go buy it now. Or, if you can wait, go to Apple.com. Currently the phone is back-ordered for several weeks to months.

You own the old iPhone 7+ which was already the standard of the world, and you're wondering if the upgrade is worth it. Well aside from the resounding yes I'll say, I can sum up real-world reasons why.

Do Less with More

The iPhone X, believe it or not, is around the size of the regular smaller iPhone 7, but has a larger, better screen than the iPhone 7+. The folks at Apple pulled off some serious NASA-grade engineering tricks to jam pack all the goodies needed to trounce the iPhone 7+'s performance (which was already 50-75% faster than the fastest Android-powered phones and STILL IS today) into a smaller form factor. From crazy dense double stacked IC boards, to an ultra compact sensor-array, to a special form factor dual-cell battery, the new phone has plenty of tricks up its sleeve. After just minutes of using the new phone, the old 7+ felt like an absolute dinosaur to hold, use, and experience. The new phone has a light-on-its-feet feel the old phone just isn't capable of. If I had to sum up the new iPhone in one word, it's: efficient.

Using it

The new phone has a learning curve. I predicted years ago the removal of the physical home button. And it came true. Apple has refined the user-experience in such a way where it keeps the primary way you use the phone (swiping) as its sole method of interaction. At first it takes getting used to after a decade of pressing a home button, but soon comes second nature as swiping up to "go home" is just another swipe--something you do anyway to access countless other gestures/features. Swiping up is natural in that it's as if you're saying "I'm finished with this app now, take me home" vs lifting your finger and pressing down using your thumb. It's natural and more fluid. I like it. Face ID is another user experience. Double tap the side button and bam, as long as your face is in the general area, your payment is automatically done. I've used it a couple times and it's more natural than touch ID. Double tap and you're done.

The Screen

OLED. Deep blacks, more pixels, ultra clear. It's also very cool to have extra real estate up top, say when watching YouTube, the time and battery is displayed. No more losing track of time. The old screen looks and feels like 2012. No longer.

Other Tips/Tricks and Goodies

Fast Charging/Wireless Charging

Image Stabilized DUAL cameras

Improved LED flash

Improved iOS with a ton of gesture control/updates

Accessibility--you have to enable reachability in the menus through accessibility. You simply swipe down on the bottom bar and the screen juts down to access things on the top--great for one-handed use.